Just when I thought I was having a good day.

[sc_rufctr]

My girls are 24 and 25 now and they're both doing fine. We went through this stuff many years ago.

I'm guessing your daughter is around 14 like the lad who asked her out.

IF you have done the best you can raising her you have nothing to worry about.
I'm sure the worst stuff we think about never happens so try to stay friendly with him.
But he must respect you. If you have that again you have nothing to worry about.
Although you'll be worried regardless. That's natural but try not to let your daughter push your buttons.

Good luck. (If you think this is bad wait until she shows an interest in getting a tattoo.)

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

He's 14. I'd high 5 him before I buried him.

For the WIN!

[GH85Carrera]

I so vividly remember going over to a girls house when I was 17 to pick her up. Her dad opened to door and he filled the doorway. He was a former football player and was an easy 6.4 and 275 lbs and he was not fat. We shook hands and his hand was twice the size of mine. He invited me in and his two sons were sitting on the each end of a couch. He said sit down and pointed to the spot between the two boys. Both were linebackers at the local college and bigger than their dad. Both made it clear they really love their little sister. About all that was missing was some hand guns and knives but he did have a nice shotgun display case with several shotguns and a rifle in it in the living room.

I was driving my 1960 VW bug at that time so the dad was happy I would not be out drag racing.

I never did have the courage to borrow my brothers VW van to pick her up.

[VINMAN]

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I so vividly remember going over to a girls house when I was 17 to pick her up. Her dad opened to door and he filled the doorway. He was a former football player and was an easy 6.4 and 275 lbs and he was not fat. We shook hands and his hand was twice the size of mine. He invited me in and his two sons were sitting on the each end of a couch. He said sit down and pointed to the spot between the two boys. Both were linebackers at the local college and bigger than their dad. Both made it clear they really love their little sister. About all that was missing was some hand guns and knives but he did have a nice shotgun display case with several shotguns and a rifle in it in the living room.

I was driving my 1960 VW bug at that time so the dad was happy I would not be out drag racing.

I never did have the courage to borrow my brothers VW van to pick her up.

One of my few saving graces is that my now 7 year old daughter is bracketed by my 10 year old son and 4 year old son. The 10 year old is going to be a big kid, is the starting fullback and linebacker on his tackle football team, and while he's a very nice kid he also isn't afraid of confrontation. The 4 year old is 99% height and loves to wrestle with big brother, I suspect he's going to be a tough kid. "Don't eff with my sister" can be just as scary as "don't eff with my daughter".

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

..... "Don't eff with my sister" can be just as scary as "don't eff with my daughter".

Big brothers are WAY more effective sometimes

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I know a lot of people say shotgun. But I prefer an AR with a laser-beam on it's Freak'n Head!

This is good, laser pointer to complement it is not bad too.

Worked out okay with my daughter. She is has a good head on her shoulders and was pretty brutal with the bozos, my sister was like that too. Both soccer players and neither would have an issue with kicking your nuts up to your collar if you stepped too far out of line. Brothers are good too, especially if they are boxers.

[scottmandue]

What if he pulls up for the date driving a 924?

I helped my wife move our daughter (my step daughter) into the college dorm... whereas I am not the father it still made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck when I noticed the boys checking her out.

I wouldn't worry too much about your daughter, you seem like a good guy and I'm sure you raised her well. Our daughter dated a few times in high school but at that point it is pretty much just friends wanting to do a one on one night out together. Even now at 20 and in college she doesn't have a boyfriend (that we know of )

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Worked out okay with my daughter. She is has a good head on her shoulders and was pretty brutal with the bozos...

Made sure my daughter developed discretionary skills and the moxy to enforce them as well.

Arden, my daughter (22), has recently informed her mother that she and a young man are very serious. This is a first for her.

The big issue is that he is an F/A-18 pilot, Navy puke. What's the term, you can pick your nose but...

Anyway, he has been flying a lot with the F-35 doing 5th Gen/4th Gen fighter tactics. Here is a pic he sent Arden. What a talkin' with his hands Wanker.



So, as you can see, it could be worse

[flipper35]

Don't forget the target with the 1" group marked 300 yards, moderate wind.

[Bill Douglas]

Go easy on the kids. I say kids meaning both of them. It must be pretty frightening for them, let alone dealing with the father with a gun thing.

And great thing about him being 14, he won't ask to borrow the car

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

I got this @ 10 years ago.. Still applies!

Daddy's Rules of Dating

Rule One:
If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise:

You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not in fact come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.

Rule Four:
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "Barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is:
"early"

Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

Rule Seven:
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight:
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter:
Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to introduce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka- zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies, which features chain saws, are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.

Rule Nine:
Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind theme.

Rule Ten:
Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi. When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveways you should exit the car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

LMAO!!!....especially rule ten!

I've got one son so I sure feel for you guys with multiple daughters!

[911dean]

Best of luck, it can't be easy.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Go easy on the kids. I say kids meaning both of them. It must be pretty frightening for them, let alone dealing with the father with a gun thing.

And great thing about him being 14, he won't ask to borrow the car

^^^This!

I think most of us old timers grew up with the "sexual revolution" and are huge horndogs. These are kids for cheese steaks!

My stepdaughter, niece, and nephew (all in their 20's) seem to be much more cool and calm when it comes to sex. Don't they start sex Ed in like 4th grade now?

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

So, as you can see, it could be worse

True...could be Air Force

[Nostril Cheese]

I taught my sister how to throw a punch. I used to do a bit of checking up on the guys as well.

I think my sister did well. Shes getting married next year to a great guy who runs his own successful business in San Diego.

[Joe Bob]

Oh yeah, YOU are her first date.....I kill u and the rest get the message. Do you want "MESSENGER" on your tombstone?

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

What a talkin' with his hands Wanker.

As someone who has worked with many such folks, rofl.

[gt350mike]

Originally Posted by nostatic

True...could be Air Force

You beat me to it.....my brother-in-law is a AF pilot so I speak from experience.

We raised two boys (my youngest graduates from Auburn Saturday....Hallelujah) and we didn't have as much to worry about compared to you guys who are raising young ladies. When my youngest was in high school, he told me about a girl who he was about to take out on their first date and I just happened to know the father. I told my son to watch his manners and behave because the girl's dad was a retired Army LTC and was a Ranger......worked like a charm. I never gave a second thought to hearing from my friend in the middle of the night looking for his daughter. Turns out the mother was the one my son had to worry about because she was always into everyone's business and hovered over their daughter every waking moment.

[gacook]

I have 2 daughters and a son (and now 2 step-sons). I had always told my ex-wife that I was going to kill the first boy that came to take our daughter on a date, and I'd be OK after that. My oldest is 14, and had her first "boyfriend" this year. Unfortunately, I've known the kid since they were in 1st grade, and he's a good kid. More unfortunate, they just broke up recently. My daughter is very stoic, so is outwardly seeming to be handling it well, but I still feel for her.

My middle daughter is a ginger (like Dad). She's gorgeous, but she's also a bit of a tomboy. She'll handle her own boy problems, lol.

My son is 7 and quickly progressing through the ranks in Tae Kwon Do. He will be my enforcer if ever needed

Finally, my youngest step-son is the same age as my oldest daughter. When they moved in with us and started going to the same school, I informed him it was his official duty to watch out for his sister. I don't endorse fighting, but if it comes down to him having to get physical with someone who's messing with my daughter, there would be no trouble waiting for him at home.